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Radar starting to look good for the dc crew

I’m eyeing it lol. Visibility has lowered to the west. Flake size is better than I expected…those who referenced the dendritic growth got that one right.

It’s legitimately snowing now.

Barely staying in the light snow band here but looks like better reflectivity pushing east. Hoping it makes it over the ridges and then I think it’ll be game on.

still light here, but more of a steady light now and sticking to the grass. road is still wet, though. i think that changes once the rates pick up a bit.

car topper has commenced here. still light, but a car topper.

light flurries have commenced in frederick (few miles nw of downtown).

Hagerstown is dominating so far. I did just drive through gambrill out of curiosity and saw some flakes near the top (1500’) before the band shifted further nw. Will check back in a few hrs. Expecting the bands to close in by then.

I think it’ll just take some time to rev up for <500 ft elevation (estimating). It’s still a bit dry out there.

Light echoes are on my doorstep but nothing yet.

that one is still top 3 for me. i might have to put 2016 above it because it was pure snow start to finish, but those are top 2. 3rd might be feb '10 and 4th pd2. too young for '83, but i'm sure that would make top 5.

i'm gonna approve that. climo friendly, but everyone gets involved.

i may be wrong then. i thought this was a late evening arrival, though i know the waa is surging ahead to the west, so maybe that's the case for hagerstown/higher elevations.

lol it's all good

39/16 in frederick. no temp issues with this one esp since it's a midnight arrival. just gotta hope the mountains aren't too thirsty.

i tried to bridge the gap by talking about sports.

agreed. TB isn't a great lateral player, but he can stick the 3. system's on track: https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/conus_band.php?sat=G16&band=GEOCOLOR&length=12&dim=1

probably better to talk about weather than the wizards, though. i had to cut back on that a few years ago. there's only so many times i can have an argument about busted draft picks and the need to have a stretch, playmaking 4/5 in the lineup.

i'm glad i replaced the spark plugs on my jeep.

it's nowcast time... https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/conus_band.php?sat=G16&band=09&length=12&dim=1 ...until the 12z globals.

i like my spot with this system. the northwest trend makes perfect sense given the entire setup and how much further north the upper level energy is this time around compared to monday. the only things i'd be concerned about for the entire forum east of the apps is that downsloping is a thing with weaker systems (though that doesn't seem to be the case with this one). with that said, anyone who grew up in the 80s/90s in this area knows exactly what i'm talking about (though obviously models have improved in that regard).

that would still be 30x more than what i've received all season. i'm all in on an old school snow advisory.

yea, that doesn't make sense and i agree wholeheartedly with others that we should be tracking the precip maps vs these snow maps that will likely be wrong since this is clearly going to be dependent on where any/if moderate bands develop (which could also be elevation dependent especially if the surface low tracks too far south/east).

I’m ok with this run lol

Lwx is pretty bullish in their afternoon disco. The maps make sense too given that the upper level energy is further north than Monday. Just need to avoid a late transfer. I’m assuming the models might jump around a bit with the max precip until that’s figured out.